wikipedia - 17 Aug 2019 8chan, also called Infinitechan or Infinitychan (stylized as ∞chan), is an American-based imageboard website composed of user-created boards. An owner moderates each board, with zero interaction from site administration.[3] To own a board, one must create it, or claim it if the board was inactive for over a week.
CNN - 16 Aug 2019
With white supremacy a growing phenomenon around the world, it's time to think through under what circumstances it is acceptable to allow *content* associated ...
USA TODAY - 14 Aug 2019
Following the white nationalist-fueled mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, 8chan owner Jim Watkins was subpoenaed by a key House committee Wednesday.
Mother Jones - 15 Aug 2019
The infamous imageboard 8chan went off the internet last week after a white-supremacist shooter killed 22 people in El Paso, and a manifesto he'd written was ...
BuzzFeed News - 04 Aug 2019
Less than an hour before killing at least 20 people and injuring some 26 more in an El Paso, Texas, Walmart, the suspected shooter posted a hate-filled ...
Grit Daily - 17 Aug 2019
After it was revealed that 8Chan played a major role in the El Paso shooting that killed 22 and injured 24 on August 3, legislators are calling for more supervision ...
TechCrunch - 15 Aug 2019
Networking and web security giant Cloudflare says the recent 8chan controversy may be an ongoing “risk factor” for its business on the back of its upcoming ...
News@Northeastern - 12 Aug 2019
Twenty minutes before the alleged shooter stormed into a Walmart in El Paso, Texas and killed 22 people, he reportedly posted an anti-immigrant screed onto ...
WIRED - 06 Aug 2019
Fredrick Brennan is appalled by the notorious chat site's links to right-wing extremism and mass shootings. Inside his tortured journey through the web's ...
The Verge - 08 Aug 2019
Police in the Philippines are investigating the imageboard 8chan, which has been accused of creating a safe space for far-right mass shooters, according to The ...
The Guardian - 09 Aug 2019
Site's shutdown in wake of El Paso shooting likely to drive users to other, similar sites – as well as mainstream social media. Kari Paul in San Francisco.
Salon - 15 Aug 2019
The House Homeland Security Committee issued a subpoena Wednesday to the owner of 8chan, the online message board which has been linked to three ...
CNET - 13 Aug 2019
A screenshot from 8chan owner Jim Watkins' video responding to a shooting in Oslo, Norway. Jim Watkins/YouTube. 8chan owner Jim Watkins uploaded a ...
ABC News - 07 Aug 2019
The owner of the online message board 8chan says he's headed shortly to the United States, where lawmakers want to question him on his site's use as a ...
TIME - 09 Aug 2019
After New Zealand telecom company spark banned 8chan, Censor David Shanks called it "the white supremacist killer's platform of choice."
Forbes - 08 Aug 2019
For the moral good of society, to protect national security. “Free Speech” defenders are confused; terrorism is at the bottom of a “slippery slope,” not the top.
Chicago - 15 Aug 2019
We have been hearing a lot about 8Chan in the news, but what is 8Chan? Freelance journalist Timothy McLaughlin explains what 8Chan is and its history.
The Daily Dot - 11 Aug 2019
A terror attack on a mosque in Norway on Saturday was preceded by an ominous post on the website 8chan. That's according to the New York Times, which ...
Media Matters for America - 07 Aug 2019
Just days after a gunman reportedly posted a white supremacist manifesto riddled with Fox News talking points on extremist message board 8chan and ...
